Stock Photo - Graphene. Coloured 3D computer visualisation of graphene based on data from a transmission electron micrograph TEM. Graphene is composed of a single layer of ...

carbon atoms arranged in a honeycomb crystal lattice. It is both flexible and very strong and conducts electrons faster than silicon. It could one day replace silicon in applications such as nanometre billionths of a metre sized electronics, cheap and efficient solar panels, transparent window coatings and miniature sensing technologies. Graphene was discovered by Andre Geim in 2004.